Saturday, September 10, 2005

Airstream RVs - Silver & Golden

Caroline Zimmer was a member of the first Wally Byam Caravan Club trip in 1955, gas cost 20 cents a gallon, if you can believe it.

Now Zimmer is the star of the Caravan, which started pulling into Ellsworth on Thursday. By Saturday, 99 of the distinctive "silver Twinkie" trailers and RVs were expected to have streamed into Ellsworth from Sault St. Marie, Mich. as part of the 50th anniversary of the first caravan organized by Airstream company founder, Wally Byam.

On the 1955 trip to Bangor, company founder Wally Byam organized the caravan club, which now boasts 156 club units around the country. The annual trip is so popular that participants are chosen by lottery. Full Story...